[Glorantha] Benefits of Illumination

Peter Metcalfe wrote:
> Given the limitations on Lunar Illumination that has
> been presented in ILH-2, I don't think the acquisition
> of magics is cost-free at a personal level. Instead
> once the illuminate has successfully proven the
> god is unreal, he acquires a vice which is the
> opposite of that religion's virtues (thus cowardly
> for a Heortling god, sacrilegious for a Praxian
> spirit etc) as a mark of his rejection of that
> religion's mores.
I understand where your coming from here, attempting to highlight potential negative effects of such freedoms as a counter weight, but surely these kind of effects are unlikely to be as general and clear-cut.

I agree that such spiritual cynicism will have negative effects, willfully ignoring the insights of religion in order to gain the benefits can only result in a dysfunctional attitude. I would suggest that the effects you propose and others, such as over-zealous virtues, seemingly random behavior or applying double standards, would possibly result.

In fact this reminds me of some of the spiritual difficulties of the 60's and 70's precipitated by LSD and experimentation with natural hallucinogens. Where many people saw this as a direct route to God. Received on Sun 04 Feb 2007 - 13:05:59 EET